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A short white paper on why predictive maintenance models miss faults on high speed machines when data is logged too slowly, and three practical fixes.
Written for maintenance and reliability engineers. It explains sampling, averaging and timing jitter in plain language, using everyday analogies, and ends with a checklist to run before building any model.
Sample written to show my writing. It uses general engineering principles and contains no client data.
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Unfortunately, too many times most task apps forced you into a pattern of spending time micromanaging them over a seamless experience of keeping track of your goals and the work that needed to be done in a fashion that felt fluid and intuitive.
I designed Ontrack around that hypothesis yet I still ran into bottlenecks that blocked the aimed fluidity of a productivity app that felt truly useful.
To address the issues, I've been experimenting new approaches that push the limits of creating a frictionless experience, and a productivity app that actually helps you be productive without the overhead.
You can read about some of my research around Ontrack here: https://dilanomer.com/projects/ontrack-treating-task-paralysis
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